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In netting black bass for the ponds in May a large number of 

 silver bass were taken — as many as 700 to 800 in one day. — 

 Reported by Dan E. Miller, Foreman, Condanlia, N. F. 



When the dam at the hatchery pond has been put in good re- 

 pair, it will be practicable to construct additional ponds for the 

 cultivation of minnows for black bass food and of silver bass for 

 stocking suitable waters. The silver bass is an excellent food fish, 

 similar in its spawning habits to the striped bass and white perch. 

 Although its artificial culture is little known, it is highly probable 

 that the fish can be successfully propagated in ponds. It would 

 form a valuable addition to many waters of the State. 



NOTES ON SPECIES. 

 Carp. 



The Commission has received numerous letters from persons 

 who desire to raise carp and who apply for that fish. As the State 

 no longer propagates the carp, and we have no information about 

 private breeders Avho can furnish it, such correspondents are re- 

 ferred to the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, D. 0. 



Pearl Roach. 

 In 1897 the writer called attention to the pearl roach in the 

 Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, N". Y., 

 vol. IX, 334. Living examples had been under observation for 

 some time previously in the New York Aquarium. These were 

 obtained in one of the lakes of Central park. The pearl roach is 

 the European rudd. It was introduced into Central park in some 

 unrecorded way, possibly by inadvertence among gold fish trans- 

 ferred from the Queen's Gardens at Windsor. Whatever the 

 origin of the introduction, the rudd is now well known, not only 

 in Central park but also in Prospect park, Brooklyn, and perhaps 

 in other city waters. It has been planted also in a pool belonging 

 to Mr. Ferguson at Huntington Harbor, L. I. The New York 

 Aquarium presented some gold fish to Mr. Huntington, and among 

 them were some small silvery fish with red fins. Specimens of 

 the young are now in the office of the Conservation Commission 

 in Albany where they were at once recognized as the rudd or pearl 

 roach. It is stated that the species has multiplied greatly in the 



